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Shark Fights 13: The Don Frye Experience

Watching mid- to lower-tier MMA broadcasts can often be a painful experience.

When so many viewers have become accustomed to the high-end production values of UFC pay-per-views, which operate like a well-oiled machine, slummin’ it for cards like Shin…

Watching mid- to lower-tier MMA broadcasts can often be a painful experience.

When so many viewers have become accustomed to the high-end production values of UFC pay-per-views, which operate like a well-oiled machine, slummin’ it for cards like Shine Fights: Lightweight Grand Prix or Moosin: God of War is sometimes a necessary evil for many that comes with being a fan.

Saturday’s Shark Fights 13 pay-per-view could have fallen into that category. And from a strictly visual standpoint, it often made local cable access programming look Emmy-worthy.

But Shark Fights had two superheroes come along to turn the broadcast from a car crash you couldn’t look away from into a car crash you couldn’t wait to see more of. Don Frye and Bas Rutten, the commentating duo joining Ron Kruck for the broadcast, took the pay-per-view from “just another show” status to “legendary” status.

Mark Cuban’s HDNet to Get UFC Access

Filed under: NewsAfter years of a relationship that could best be termed “sometimes rocky,” billionaire businessman and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has settled his differences with UFC president Dana White – at least enough for the UFC to open th…

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After years of a relationship that could best be termed “sometimes rocky,” billionaire businessman and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has settled his differences with UFC president Dana White – at least enough for the UFC to open the door for Cuban’s TV network, HDNet.

Cuban made the announcement on Friday’s episode of “Inside MMA,” a weekly mixed martial arts interview and highlights show that airs on HDNet with hosts Kenny Rice and former King of Pancrase champion Bas Rutten.

Cuban said the network will now be granted access to Zuffa events and will be able to use video highlights after fights. And he said Rice and Rutten would be at UFC events as part of the “Inside MMA” show.